Nintendo has filed a patent for a console without a disc drive, leading many to assume it may be for the yet to be revealed Nintendo NX system. The controller patented alongside of it contains a display screen, similar to the Wii U Gamepad.

Back in May, Phillips filed a patent infringement suit against Nintendo over the console manufacturer’s use of motion control technology inherent in Wii U. Today, it was announced a settlement between the two companies had been reached.

Sony has filed a patent for a Vita equipped with a number of new input and output ports, including one for HDMI. The patent is detailed on Patentbolt, and patent was filed last year but has only recently been published; there’s nothing to suggest Sony isn’t just crossing legal T’s and dotting patent I’s, as […]

A patent application from published earlier this month shows a Move controller with a larger sensor ball, swappable buttons, a large handle, and the ability to attach two controllers together to form one interesting-looking concoction.

Microsoft filed a Kinect patent back in April 2011 that would give the company free reign to monitor your movie-watching behaviour and shut down your viewing should an unauthorised person enter the room. Get more information from bizarro-world below.

In an interesting patent application, Sony Computer Entertainment proposes a system allowing a console to recognise who is using it. The patent mentions “fingerprint sensors, hand sensors, face recognition systems, iris scanners retinal scanners, voice pattern analyzers, and DNA analyzers” adding up to a detailed and unique user-print. Naturally there’s no guarantee at all that […]

Pittsburgh district court judge David Cercone has ruled in Nintendo’s favour in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against the Big N by one Copper Innovations Group. The company had claimed the Wii and controllers violated its US Patent No. 5,640,152, but the judge dismissed the case without going to a jury trial. Nintendo of America’s […]